Northbank

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Northbank is currently a proposed commercial development in the Brisbane River in the centre of Brisbane. The site to be built on starts from Victoria Bridge at North Quay and stretches to Gardens Point.

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The proposed Multiplex design for Northbank (opposite Southbank) will contain 8 skyscrapers for office space and residential use, with the highest building being 46 stories. It will also contain a pedestrian bridge, 'open spaces', riverfront promenade and an olympic-sized public swimming pool. The proposal entails the government allowing Multiplex to build out as far as 70 metres into the Brisbane River.

There is minimal support outside of government and Multiplex offices for this development, and opposition has come from the public as well as Queensland's peak body of town planners, a major group of architects, and an award-winning Queensland University lecturer [1]. Despite its initial approval by the Bligh Labor government there is currently much debate regarding the value of the project, given the extensive ecological, visual, physical and infrastructure consequence involved in building so far out over the river.

Another planned project that will relate to the proposed North Bank is the Proposed Inner CBD Rail Capacity program.

There is currently much opposition to the proposal, with most parties concerned about the architectural, historical and ecological legacy of the development. It should be noted that the Brisbane City Council and the Queensland State Government are not the developers of the site, but are vested interested parties as North Bank is a private developer's proposal. There is increasingly vocal opposition to the project, due to increase in general awareness of the scheme. There was a very limited and under-publicised public consultation period undertaken after the project was first announced.

The National Trust Queensland has condemned the proposal as an inappropriate use of an historic precinct. Federal Environment Minister Peter Garret has also spoken out against the project.

It is suggested the the people of South East Queensland vote for the North Bank Proposal in a REFERENDUM ( formal public vote ) as this is a Significant Development Proposal.